Method of stoking ensilage



(No Model.)

M. AMOS 8; J. HUNT.

METHOD OF STORING ENSILAGB.

N0. 346,699. Patent-red Aug. 3, 1886.

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WITNESSES 7 W444, ATTORNEY EINITED STATES PATENT @Frrcn.

MARK AMOS AND JAMES HUNT, OF WESTBURY-ON-TRYM, COUNTY OF GLOUCESTER,ENGLAND.

METHOD OF STORING EINSILAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 346,699, dated August3, 1886.

Application file] A pril 27, 1886- To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, .MARK AMOS and JAMES HUNT. of Brentry Farm,\Vestburyon-Trym, near Bristol, England, haveinvented a new Method ofStoring Ensilage, of which the following is a specification, referencebe ing had to the annexed drawings, forming a part thereof.

In carrying outourinvention weprovideaseries ot'bars ot'wood oriron orchains upon which we stack ensilage in asquare stack with straight ends.The stacking maybe carried on in any kind of weather, and when completedis topped up in the same manner as an ordinary hay-rick, but withstraight ends to the roof. A few poles or bars are laid lengthwise alongthe roof, and chains attached to the ends of the lower bars or chains,upon which the stack is built,are carried over the stack in position tobe attached to a jack secured to the opposite end of one or the other ofthe bars or rails or chains. During the building up of the stack weshake or dust upon the ensilage, or apply a strong brine for a distanceof about one foot from the outer side of the stack,a composition formedof salt, sugar, and fenugreek. \Ve also cover the stack with thiscomposition, and when the stack is finished and the roof completed itmaybe well raked down, and the pressure applied as required.

The jack employed in tightening the chains consists of the bar A, havingseries of holes a along its length and connected by means of a clevis,B, and hook I), with one or the other of the rails or chains at thebottom of the stack. A forked lever, O, embraces the bar A, and isprovided with a pin, 0, which may be inserted in any of the holes a inthe bar A. The

lever O is also provided with a hook, D, for' Serial No. 200,203. (Nomodel.)

engaginga ring, (I, on the bar E, which moves in guides formed on theupper end of the bar A, and is connected with one of the chainsextending over the top of the stack by clcvis e and a hook, f. The barEis provided with a spring-pawl, g, which is capable of engaging any oneof the holes a in the bar A as the bar E is drawn downward by pressureupon the lever O. \Vhen the bar E has been drawn down as far as possiblein this manner,the pin a is withdrawn from the bar A and the lever 0turned on its pivot in the hook D. so as to admit of inserting the pin Ein a lower hole in the bar A, when the bar E may be again drawn down inthe manner already described. The jack may be applied to one chain afteranother until the desired pressure is secured, and as each chain istightened its free end is secured to the end of the bars, chains, orrails under the stack by means of hooks attached to the rails or chains.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The method herein described of storing ensilage, which consists instacking the eusilage and during the process of stacking applying acomposition formed of salt, sugar, and fenngreck around the edges of thestack, and finally compressing the stack by any suitable means,substantially as herein described.

M A RK A MOS. JAMES HUNT.

\Vitnesses:

JAMES W. CUNDALL, Shannon Court, Bristol, Accountant.

CHARLES COLEMAN, Clerk to Henry Cooke, Notary Public, Bristol.

